Zarema is an American singer-songwriter and actress of Crimean Tatar decent. She was born in exile in Uzbekistan where ethnic Crimean Tatars had been deported from their native land of Crimea. Zarema studied at the National University of Theater, Film and Television in Kiev, Ukraine, receiving a bachelor degree in acting for dramatic theater and film. Fluent in Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Crimean Tatar, and English, Zarema wrote her first album